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People

Michael (given name) / (Mikha'el) , nickname = Mic, Mich, Micha, Mick, Mickey, Micki, Mickie, Mike, Mikey, Miki, Mikki, Mico, Miko, Mikha, Misha, Mischa, Mitch, Mitt, Micci , related names = Machiel, Maicon or Maycon, Michaela, Michelangelo, Michal, ...

, a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael

Given name "Michael"

Michael (archangel) Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

, ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions *

Michael (bishop elect) Michael was a medieval Bishop of Hereford elect. He was a canon of Lichfield Cathedral before being elected by the cathedral chapter of Hereford Cathedral to succeed Ralph de Maidstone Ralph of Maidstone (died 1245) was a medieval Bishop of Her ...

, English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer *

Michael (footballer, born March 1996) Michael Richard Delgado de Oliveira (born 12 March 1996), simply known as Michael, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Al Hilal as a forward. Club career Early career Born in Poxoréu, Mato Grosso, Michael started his career with hometow ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Michael (footballer, born 1999) Michael Rangel dos Santos de Almeida (born 27 May 1999), commonly known as Michael, is a Brazilian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ...

, Brazilian footballer

Rulers

=Byzantine emperors

= *

Michael I Rangabe Michael I Rhangabe ( gr, Μιχαὴλ Ῥαγγαβέ; ''c''. 770 – 11 January 844) was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. Michael was the son of the patrician Theophylact Rhangabe, the admiral of the Aegean fleet. He married Prokopia, t ...

(d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *

Michael II Michael II ( gr, Μιχαὴλ, , translit=Michaēl; 770–829), called the Amorian ( gr, ὁ ἐξ Ἀμορίου, ho ex Amoríou) and the Stammerer (, ''ho Travlós'' or , ''ho Psellós''), reigned as Byzantine Emperor from 25 December 820 t ...

(770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian" *

Michael III Michael III ( grc-gre, Μιχαήλ; 9 January 840 – 24 September 867), also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Amorian (or Phrygian) dynasty. ...

(840–867), called "the Drunkard", youngest child of Theophilos *

Michael IV the Paphlagonian Michael IV the Paphlagonian ( el, , ''Mikhaēl ho Paphlagōn''; c. 1010 – 10 December 1041) was Byzantine Emperor from 11 April 1034 to his death on 10 December 1041. The son of a peasant, Michael worked as a money changer until he was fou ...

(1010–1041), husband of Zoë, came from a peasant family * Michael V Kalaphates (1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV *

Michael VI Bringas Michael VI Bringas ( el, Μιχαήλ Βρίγγας), called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus ("the Military One", "the Warlike", or "the Bellicose") or Gerontas ("the Old"), reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057. Career Apparently a ...

(d. 1059), called "Stratiotikos", chosen by Theodora *

Michael VII Doukas Michael VII Doukas or Ducas ( gr, Μιχαήλ Δούκας), nicknamed Parapinakes ( gr, Παραπινάκης, lit. "minus a quarter", with reference to the devaluation of the Byzantine currency under his rule), was the senior Byzantine e ...

(c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X *

Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as the co-emperor of the Empire ...

(1223–1282), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty *

Michael IX Palaiologos , image = 154 - Michael IX Palaiologos (Mutinensis - color).png , caption = 15th-century portrait of Michael IX (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the ''Extracts of History'' by Joannes Zonaras) , succession ...

(1277–1320), eldest son of Andronikos II

=Portuguese rulers

= * Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias (1498–1500), son of King Manuel I of Portugal *

Miguel de Bragança, 1st Duke of Lafões '' Dom'' Michael of Braganza () was a Portuguese infante, illegitimate son of King Pedro II of Portugal and of the French lady Anne Armande Pastre de Verger (sometimes called ''du Vergé''). He was born in Lisbon on 15 October 1699 and died drow ...

(1699–1724), illegitimate son of King Pedro II of Portugal, drowned * Miguel I of Portugal (1802–1866), forced to abdicate in 1834 *

Prince Miguel, Duke of Braganza Prince Miguel Januário of Braganza (; full name Miguel Maria Carlos Egídio Constantino Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário de Bragança; 19 September 1853 – 11 October 1927) was the Miguelist claimant to the throne ...

(1853–1927), claimant to the throne in exile *

Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu Prince Miguel of Braganza, Duke of Viseu (22 September 1878 – 21 February 1923) was a member of the exiled branch of the House of Braganza. The eldest son of the Miguelist pretender to the throne of Portugal he married an American heiress in ...

(1878–1923), eldest son of Miguel, Duke of Braganza

=Russian rulers

= *

Mikhail of Vladimir Mikhalko Yuryevich (russian: Михалко (Михаил) Юрьевич; uk, Михайло Юрійович) (died June 20, 1176), Prince of Torchesk (mid-1160s–1173), Vladimir and Suzdal (1175–1176) and Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv, 1171). ...

(d. 1176), eldest son of Yuri Dolgoruky by his second marriage *

Mikhail of Tver Mikhail Yaroslavich (russian: Михаил Ярославич) (1271 – 22 November 1318), also known as Michael of Tver, was a Prince of Tver (from 1285) who ruled as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315–1318 ...

(1271–1318), second son of

Yaroslav III Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (1230–1271) ( Russian: Ярослав Ярославич) was the first Prince of Tver and the tenth Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1264 to 1271. Yaroslav and his son Mikhail Yaroslavich presided over Tver's trans ...

Michael of Russia Michael I ( Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, ''Mikhaíl Fyódorovich Románov'') () became the first Russian tsar of the House of Romanov after the Zemskiy Sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia. He ...

(1596–1645), first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov *

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович, r=Mikhail Aleksandrovich; 13 June 1918) was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and youngest brother of Nicholas ...

(1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

=Bulgarian rulers

= * Boris-Michael (d. 907),

knyaz , or (Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, dependin ...

of Bulgaria *

Michael II Asen Michael II Asen ( bg, Михаил II Асен; 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1246 to 1256 or 1257. He was the son of Ivan Asen II and Irene Komnene Doukaina. He succeeded his half-brother, Kaliman I ...

(1238/41–1256),

tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the t ...

of Bulgaria, son of

Ivan Asen II Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II ( bg, Иван Асен II, ; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor ( Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241. He was still a child when his father Ivan Asen I one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Em ...

* Michael (1270–after 1302), only known son of

Constantine Tikh Konstantin Tih ( bg, Константин Тих Асен) or Constantine I Tikh (Константин I), was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen. He led the Bulgarian Empire at a time when the nearb ...

* Michael III Shishman (after 1280–1330), tsar founder of the

House of Shishman The House of Shishman ( bg, Шишман), also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi ( bg, Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of Cuman (or partial Cuman) origin. The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Emp ...

=Other rulers and noblemen

= * Michael (son of Anastasios the logothete) (fl. 1042–58), Byzantine general and governor *

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki Michael I ( pl, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, lt, Mykolas I Kaributas Višnioveckis; 31 May 1640 – 10 November 1673) was the ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 29 September 1669 un ...

(1640–1673), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * Mikhail, Prince of Abkhazia (died 1866) *

Michael I of Romania Michael I ( ro, Mihai I ; 25 October 1921 – 5 December 2017) was the last King of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947. Shortly after Michael's ...

(1921-2017) *

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

(1558–1601), Prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania for a year. *

Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, (born 7 January 1939) is a Greek prince, historian, and author. He has written several historical books and biographies of Greek and other European figures, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. " Burke’s Royal F ...

(born 1939) * Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 1946)

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Michael'' (1924 film), a German silent film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer * ''Michael'' (1996 film), an American fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron * ''Michael'' (2011 Austrian film), a drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer * ''Michael'' (2011 Indian film), a psychological thriller film directed by Ribhu Dasgupta * ''Mikhael'' (film), a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film * ''

I Am Michael ''I Am Michael'' is a 2015 American biographical drama film written and directed by Justin Kelly. Based on the journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis' ''New York Times Magazine'' article "My Ex-Gay Friend", the film stars James Franco, Zachary Quinto, ...

'' (working title ''Michael''), a 2015 American film by Justin Kelly

Literature

* ''Michael'' (novel), a 1929 semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Goebbels * "Michael" (poem), an 1880 poem by William Wordsworth

Music

* ''Michael'' (album), by Michael Jackson, 2010 * "Michael" (Franz Ferdinand song), 2004 * " Michael (the Lover)", a song by the C.O.D.'s, 1965; covered by Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, 1967 * "Michael", a song by Rob Zombie from ''

Hellbilly Deluxe 2 ''Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool'' is the fourth solo studio album by former White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie. The album is a sequel to his debut album '' Hellbilly Deluxe''. It was ...

'', 2010 * "Michael", a song by Suzi Quatro from '' Your Mamma Won't Like Me'', 1975

Television

* "Michael" (''Glee''), a 2012 episode * "Michael" (''Stargate Atlantis''), a 2006 episode

Ships

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Great Michael ''Michael'', popularly known as ''Great Michael'', was a carrack or great ship of the Royal Scottish Navy. She was the largest ship built by King James IV of Scotland as part of his policy of building a strong Scottish navy. She was ordered ...

'', also called ''Michael'', a 16th-century carrack of the Kingdom of Scotland *, a Greek cargo ship in service from 1959 *, a CAM Ship sunk on her maiden voyage in 1941

Other uses

Michael (gorilla) Michael (March 17, 1973, Cameroon – April 19, 2000) was the first male 'talking' gorilla. He had a working vocabulary of over 600 signs in American Sign Language, taught to him by Koko, a female gorilla; Dr. Francine Patterson (to whom the gor ...

, the first male gorilla to use American Sign Language *

Michael, Isle of Man Michael ( gv, Maayl) is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the three historic parishes of Ballaugh, Jurby and Michael. H ...

, an administrative sheading (district) *MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP ) is a security protocol used in the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard. TKIP was designed by the IEEE 802.11i task group and the Wi-Fi Alliance as an interim solution to replace WEP without requirin ...

Operation Michael Operation Michael was a major German military offensive during the First World War that began the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, France. Its goal was t ...

, a German attack in the Spring Offensive of World War I